ACCESS_VIOLATION writing address 0x00000000
wanted to play Sims 3 since it's been awhile when I played on my old laptop but it kept crashing so I kinda just gave up on it. It was a crappy laptop so I thought that was the problem since I had al...
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Nope, no custom content, just the base game and all of the addons. Tried Steam's "verify integrity" option but it didn't find any files missing.
I have the DxDiag report linked if you want to check it out.
@TheRetardedKidMF Both of your hard drives are pretty low on space, although that shouldn't cause this particular error; it's just something to keep an eye on. Your computer's page file was also being heavily used when you ran the dxdiag and when Sims 3 generated that crash log, so you might have some extra junk running in the background that isn't helping.
First though, try uninstalling and reinstalling VC++ 2005, which Sims 3 uses. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, click on the 2005 x86 version, and uninstall. (Don't touch any other versions.) Then download and install a new copy from Microsoft:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26347
Restart after it installs.
If that doesn't help, try playing in a clean boot:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10
When you restart, go through the Task Manager's background processes list and shut down anything that doesn't need to be running. Some programs will still be active in a clean boot; I don't know whether all the Dell/Alienware support apps would be, but if so, they're definitely on the list of "doesn't need to be running." You can guess a bit too: if you accidentally kill a critical process and it doesn't restart itself, just reboot your computer.
